Alice in Quantumland - An Allegory of Quantum Physics

Alice is about to enter a whole new Wonderland. It's Quantumland--a kind of intellectual amusement park, smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory. There she'll meet an Emperor who thinks his new clothes into existence, dance with the Three Quark Brothers at the Particle MASSquerade, travel back in time (running into herself), and experience all kinds of quantum effects. Readers will learn about the Uncertainty Principle, wave functions, the Pauli Principle, and other elusive concepts.

List of contents

1. Into Quantumland; 2. The Heisenberg Bank; 3. The Mechanic's Institute; 4. The Copenhagen School; 5. The Fermi-Bose Academy; 6. Virtual Reality; 7. Atoms in the Void; 8. Castle Rutherford; 9. The Particle MASSquerade; 10. The Experimental Physics Phun Phair

About the author

Robert Gilmore ist Physiker und Dozent an der Universität von Bristol und hat zahlreiche wissenschaftliche und populäre Arbeiten veröffentlicht.

Summary

In this cleverly conceived book, physicist Robert Gilmore makes accessible some complex concepts in quantum mechanics by sending Alice to Quantumland-a whole new Wonderland, smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Gilmore
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9780387914954
• ISBN: 978-0-387-91495-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 243 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 464 g
• Illustrations: X, 184 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics